The brutal leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels, the "Los Zetas", has been captured in a dawn raid in the gang's heartland. Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as "Z-40", was arrested on Monday by Mexican marines outside his hometown of Nuevo Laredo, the gang's headquarters on the border with the United States. Al Jazeera filed this report.

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